I accidentally realised that there was a "colour war" among the Harry Potter fans drawing Ravenclaws.Am I the only one who find it ironic, that it's Ravenclaws: The house that values intelligence, knowledge and wit (read: The bookies), that has ended up having at least half of the fanbase depicting them with different colours that the ones described in the books?

"Please chill" the very upset person said, over a silly joke comic more than 10 years old. Narrated by three obviously snobbish children.Honestly, the best you can do is take your own advise.

That said, I honestly don't think Hogwarts is a very friendly place toward dyslexic people. If you go by the descriptions in the books, teaching in Hogwarts seems very old fashioned, with several examples of flat out horrible teachers. The wizard community as a whole clearly hasn't done much effort to follow muggle advances on these sort of matters, by the time the books take place (It may have turned a lot better once Hermione got in charge of things).

Sorry it was kind of rude of me...i just was tired when i wrote it and that day everyone kept annoying me and asking me "Why are you a Ravenclaw if you are stupid" and i let my insecurities take over, my bad, i also seemed to forget that this was old..i just didn't like how people got annoyed over colours but you're right its old so it shouldn't matter

its illustrated nicely anyway..and if i didn't have all these insecurities i would find it funny...(I actually don't have dyslexia i was just asking out of curiosity)

While I'm pretty sure I'm straight Ravenclaw myself, the whole system is honestly horrible (and it shouldn't matter what others think about your house position, cause you know, once the sorting hat has placed you there, there's really nothing that can be done. No do-overs allowed).Seriously, Hogwarts is not some shiny beacon of "the perfect school system". If anything, it's quite the opposite, with bullying being an accepted part of daily lives among students, and horrible teachers being untouchable because "being bad at teaching" isn't any reason not to be a teacher at Hogwarts. If anything, I'd be more worried about what I'd do with my wizarding skills, after school days at Hogwarts are over.

Nice. Yeah agreed hogwarts really isn't the best with safety of the students like if a 16 year old kid could bring in a whole bunch of death eaters...then it definitely isn't the best but your completely right, even the easy way to fall off the grand stairs or something, or dying in a quiditch game

Well, I just think it's upsetting that what people see nowadays is better than what they read, I mean, for me Moist Von Lipwig is always cheeky, not some sad depressed bloke who is only a conman. I watched going postal and I preferred the book... Same with Luna, what I saw wasn't what I thought, which was sad.

Well, that pottermore test isn't realible at all. I mean, I'm clearly hufflepuff, given lac of any ambition and more oriented at being nice to people..you know, the hufflepuf stereotype. It's literary me. And where the stupid simulation of the glorious hat put me in? Slyntherin. It's random generator, that's what I say.

Well, I don't even know what house I'm supposed to be in, i mean, I love books and reading and studying, which sounds like ravenclaw, but I'm also pretty arty and tend to stand up for my family and countries(s) when dissed which sounds more griffindor, so i guess the hat wouldn't know what to do with me!I'm not on pottermore, but it definitely sounds like the normal quiz: enough of any one answer and you get one of four eventualities.

As for the house, let's ask you simple question: If given the chance, would you rather go to the history as war hero, or as somebody who made important discovery that allowed for scientific advancment?

HAH! this was funny. I got Griffindor, so I retook it. I got Slytherin. Then Hufflepuff, Hufflepuff, Griffindor.... and THEN I decided to make an account for the other version of me, and she got... ravenclaw. Yep.

Honestly, reading one book series is not a Renaissance for book reading. It's basically just a trend to read that one thing. *If* that actually were true, how come all the 20-somethings Today are not avid book readers in general?

Thats total bollocks (no personal offense meant). There is no evidence that all the 20-somethings arent avid book readers.

And not everyone needs to be an avid book reader, normal amount of being reader is totally okay.

Additionally many have changed over to Audiobooks becasue many only find time in their busy time shedules between making the dishes and driving to/from work.

But most of all its a rennaissance for book reading because never in history have had more people access to, the abillity to and actually bought as many books as they do now may they be on paper, electronic or audio.

I'd say normal day to day interaction is plenty evidence... Seriously, I was old enough to witness this whole thing without being a kid. And I was an avid reader at the time.

Yes, young people read Harry Potter. But in general... that's all they read. In order for there to be a renaissance, a lot more people would have to do a lot more reading. Reading one book series is not "A Renaissance for book reading". You'd be much better off arguing that the internet created a Renaissance for reading stuff in general (rather than just books).

Why not both? I personally prefer the blue and silver. Bronze for whatever reason looks really garish, and showy to me. But for something official, like a Sorting, or a big ceremony, I think the blue and bronze would be better suited.

For those wondering why an eagle is the mascot of Ravenclaw, I saw a really great comment somewhere (wish I could remember where so I could credit the person who wrote it) that said the "raven" in "Ravenclaw" does not refer to the animal but the color raven--or black. So "Ravenclaw" is describing the color of claw of a particular species of eagle. It's apparently consistent with Old English naming conventions.

Anway, this little comic strip is so great. Makes me feel better for preferring the bronze and not caving under pressure to buy "official" merchandise.

Yeah, it is ironic. As a Ravenclaw myself I do prefer blue and bronze but at the same time blue and silver really do look better. Also there is a war because in the books Ravenclaw isn't a raven, it's an eagle. Which is backwards to have the word raven in the House name and then give them an entire different mascot. A lot of people often don't even realize because Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are pushed off so often.

I really like this outlook! Unfortunately, Ravenclaw scarves, ties, etc. with the traditional colors and crest are far less available than those with silver and a raven. It can get pretty annoying sometimes.Even the choice of a raven over an eagle has a certain degree of irony. The eagle represents Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, and by extension the house's strong ties to the tenants of knowledge and wisdom. The raven, while it seems more logical, is simply less symbolic. I don't blame those who aren't aware, as it took me a while to figure this out myself. But it helps to study your own house's lore, especially when your house has a reputation for study and evaluation. I'm mostly annoyed that the movie industry trod on such a fantastic symbolism without regarding its significance.

I can understand that the eagle is much more relevant and traditional to Ravenclaw, however the raven itself is not any less symbolic, as in some pagan lore it is a very magical creature that represents intuition and a bringer of knowledge or news.

On the symbolism thing I actually have to say it's the books that seem to go against normal conventions. I honestly thought owls were Athena's animal (and Wikipedia agrees with me on that one). Eagles are much more commonly used to represent courage and strength.Being from Scandinavia, ravens actually doesn't seem illogical to me. They're one of the token animals owned by Odin. who - among other things- were the god of wisdom. And they were used to scout the world for him, and tell him secrets. Symbolically, ravens are much more associated with wisdom than eagles are.

Yeah, I always used to think that silver looked better with blue than bronze did, and I still do, but the crest they made for Pottermore looks absolutely gorgeous, so I don't have any qualms with the blue/bronze combo any more. I mean, look at it: images5.fanpop.com/image/polls/870000/870799_1320404052328_full.jpg

They made it look so good, I bet having that crest in silver instead of bronze would actually take away from it.

I've always been bothered that they changed the colors for Ravenclaw in the films.. stupid people, didnt they know there would be die hard fans that wouldnt apreciate their color change? as well as everything else they botched in the films? lol sorry! REALLY CUTE!